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Death of Viscount Rothermere (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Tom Baston on the death of Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, Viscount Rothermere, head of the Daily Mail and General Trust. His autocratic style, personality, improvement of Daily Mail image and building up of...
Soviet dissident trials (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Macdonald, human rights lawyer, on the illegality of Soviet dissident trials. One of the men being tried is seriously ill and would die if sent to a gulag. Previous trials were not run fairly and it...
NF members may be expelled from NUR (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified NUR spokesman (poss. Sid Weighell) on National Front encouraging railway workers to join the NUR and use the trade union to further NF aims. People can be excluded from the...
Industry cooperatives (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Stanley Orme, Labour social security minister, champions industrial cooperatives, gives examples of how they might work and deflects criticism. He has limited money to set up a support agency; finance for...
Polaris base labour dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Union representative Peter Adams on a dispute at the Polaris base on the Clyde. On the offer of a pay rise and pay comparability, believes this is the best offer they can negotiate. Individual unions will be...
Polaris base labour dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Clyde workers’ spokesman Tom Killen on a decision to return to work at Polaris submarine bases following a pay offer. He is asked if he felt they had compromised national security by the stoppage. Blames...
Post Office engineers dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Norman Howard on Post Office engineers’ dispute over call for 35-hour working week, ongoing for last 7 years and now coming to a head with industrial action planned. Discuss government wage policy and...
Moss Evans on pay policy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Moss Evans outlining TGWU position on pay policy - for members to be able to negotiate with employers without any government dictat, free collective bargaining.
Derek Ezra on future of coal industry (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir Derek Ezra on future of coal industry and increase in productivity now incentive schemes are being taken up; no evidence of increase in accidents due to incentive schemes; economic recession reducing...
NUM collective bargaining resolution (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM President Joe Gormley on miners’ call for return to free collective bargaining at the NUM conference. Hopes TUC will support the resolution. Male interviewer not identified.